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| Posted by spurtus uskidscompute.com 11/15/2005 07:37:54 play online chess |  Subject: Lizard DefenseMessage: Anybody know much about this opening? Why should black play nf6? What does h5 seek to do? Thanks, Spurtus. |
| Posted by fmgaijin uskidscompute.com 11/15/2005 09:38:17 play online chess | Caveman Chess Message: White (being a advocate of Caveman Chess), went ahead with h5, insisting that the open h-file will be worth a P. Some players will even go a step further and answer 3...Nh5 with 4.Rxh5 gh5 5.Qh5 with some compensation for the exhange (but not enough IMHO). This plan of immediately answering g6 with h4-h5 has been played as far bacl as the 1800's, but it's mostly effective in blitz--less so OTB, and still less in CC. |
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